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Gigantopithecus /dʒʌɪˌɡantəˈpɪθɪkəs /nounA very large fossil Asian ape of the Upper Miocene to Lower Pleistocene epochs.- Genus Gigantopithecus, family Pongidae.
A German paleontologist discovered Gigantopithecus in 1935 when he picked up a strange, heavy tooth in a Chinese apothecary....- Its size and ape affiliation suggest Gigantopithecus was a ground-dwelling, fist-walking creature.
- Creatures the size of Gigantopithecus would need a source which existed in abundance.
Origin Modern Latin, from Greek gigas, gigant- (see giant) + pithēkos 'ape'. |